Background checks for employment

CrazyKell · 01-08-2009, 10:37 AM

Other than military and law enforcement peeps (who I assume go through extensive background checks) who here has had a background check and to what level have you had it?

It's relatively rare in Canada to do a credit reference as a background check but I was recently asked for one. It's in addition to a police check and other background checks. It's not so much that I have a problem with it (cleaning up credit as we speak) per se....it's just I've never seen it done up here. I hope it's not the only thing they consider when hiring someone.

Adeptus_Minor · 01-08-2009, 10:40 AM

The company I work for is considered part of the 'critical infrastructure', and any company like that will certainly do some investigating to make sure they aren't hiring a security risk.

azoomm · 01-08-2009, 10:40 AM

Most of my jobs I had a background check done.

Lucky3623 · 01-08-2009, 10:41 AM

I had to go through one with this job (I hold the record for fastest clean return... woo whoo... :| they obviously don't know me) and one for my last job.

Dnyce · 01-08-2009, 10:43 AM

any company affiliated with the airport digs into your shit some...

Rider · 01-08-2009, 10:45 AM

I have had several background check but I also work in the commercial and military aerospace industry so I need to carry a security clearance. Full background check, credit check and a drug test have been required at every job I've had since college.

Trip · 01-08-2009, 10:46 AM

government nuclear industry employee, I go through very through background checks every couple of years to get my security clearance. I also have to pee in a cup and blow in a tube on a regular basis.

Racerboy · 01-08-2009, 10:47 AM

I applied for a postal position and they wanted EVERY job position I have held since I was 16 years old, every traffic citation I had EVER received as well as a laundry list of people I am friends with so they can interview them. All of these are things they claim they will find out on their own but they are looking to see how forthcoming I am about providing the correct information. They also pulled my credit bureaus. all three of them.

It reminds me of when I was in the US Army and going for a security clearance, they went back to my 1st grade teacher for info on what she thought of me....people called me over the years to tell me of the interrogations they went through about my trustworthiness.

HRCNICK11 · 01-08-2009, 11:04 AM

The FBI is pretty deep even for plain old jobs. They came and interviewed half my class when I was finishing up school. I got pretty close but a lawer friend of the family had some pretty shady dealings. In my last interview they asked me a lot of questions about the guy even though I told them I did not really like the weasel. I had gone to two interviews with a lie detector attached and they had talked with people I worked for in high school.

You also have to fill out a form and list any name of any person you can remember ever talking with and number them one to five of how well you knew them.

ontwo · 01-08-2009, 11:05 AM

The banking industry requires them.

01-08-2009, 10:37 AM	#1
CrazyKell Vrooom Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: 06 ZX6R Posts: 4,427	Background checks for employment Other than military and law enforcement peeps (who I assume go through extensive background checks) who here has had a background check and to what level have you had it? It's relatively rare in Canada to do a credit reference as a background check but I was recently asked for one. It's in addition to a police check and other background checks. It's not so much that I have a problem with it (cleaning up credit as we speak) per se....it's just I've never seen it done up here. I hope it's not the only thing they consider when hiring someone.

01-08-2009, 10:40 AM	#2
Adeptus_Minor Hopster Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Austin, TX Moto: 2009 Buell 1125R Posts: 4,743	The company I work for is considered part of the 'critical infrastructure', and any company like that will certainly do some investigating to make sure they aren't hiring a security risk. __________________ “Well, obviously before; after was all gendarmes and dick stitches.”

01-08-2009, 10:40 AM	#3
azoomm moderator chick Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hill Country TX Moto: Pasta Rockets Posts: 8,917	Most of my jobs I had a background check done. __________________ We have enough youth. How about a fountain of "smart"? Come Play at the Track!! http://www.elitetrackdays.com

01-08-2009, 10:47 AM	#8
Racerboy The Other White Meat Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ Moto: 1997 Cadillac Seville SLS Posts: 608	I applied for a postal position and they wanted EVERY job position I have held since I was 16 years old, every traffic citation I had EVER received as well as a laundry list of people I am friends with so they can interview them. All of these are things they claim they will find out on their own but they are looking to see how forthcoming I am about providing the correct information. They also pulled my credit bureaus. all three of them. It reminds me of when I was in the US Army and going for a security clearance, they went back to my 1st grade teacher for info on what she thought of me....people called me over the years to tell me of the interrogations they went through about my trustworthiness. __________________ Have you ever wondered if the earth was a mental asylum for people rejected from a planet more sophisticated than ours... www.CheckeredFlagOils.com 954-975-BIKE (2453) 623-850-1OIL (1645)

01-08-2009, 10:41 AM	#4
Lucky3623 Official Thread Killer Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 554	I had to go through one with this job (I hold the record for fastest clean return... woo whoo... :\| they obviously don't know me) and one for my last job.

01-08-2009, 10:43 AM	#5
Dnyce flyin high Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: cali Moto: 10speed huffy w/cards in the spokes Posts: 2,318	any company affiliated with the airport digs into your shit some...

01-08-2009, 10:45 AM	#6
Rider Moto GP Star Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 12,156	I have had several background check but I also work in the commercial and military aerospace industry so I need to carry a security clearance. Full background check, credit check and a drug test have been required at every job I've had since college.

01-08-2009, 11:04 AM	#9
HRCNICK11 Canyon Carver Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 429	The FBI is pretty deep even for plain old jobs. They came and interviewed half my class when I was finishing up school. I got pretty close but a lawer friend of the family had some pretty shady dealings. In my last interview they asked me a lot of questions about the guy even though I told them I did not really like the weasel. I had gone to two interviews with a lie detector attached and they had talked with people I worked for in high school. You also have to fill out a form and list any name of any person you can remember ever talking with and number them one to five of how well you knew them.

01-08-2009, 11:05 AM	#10
ontwo Designated Drinker Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: shitville Moto: 2009 ZX6R Posts: 1,661	The banking industry requires them.